"A searchable database of acronyms
and abbreviations from various areas, including
Computers,
Internet, Information Technology, Programming, Networking
and many
others. It includes more than 17000 acronyms and
offers an easy-to-use interface with
simple and advanced
search options. In addition to acronyms, it also offers
anagram
lookup. The program includes an offline database and
does not use the Internet to
perform searches." --Snapfiles.com
Use this utility to search
multiple search engines at once, including MSN, Yahoo,
Altavista, and Google, and get relevant results to what you're looking for.
"a program that reads
daily comic strips (cartoons). It has a user friendly
graphical interface, with slide show feature, calendar like
control, easy navigational comic strips menu, previews and
next and today buttons, status bar for details on current
comic strip." --GravityFX.org
"TFT
screens
have thousands of
pixels,
on a 1024x768
monitor,
there are three cells for each pixel - one each for red,
green, and blue - which amounts to nearly 2.4 million cells
(1024x768x 3 = 2,359,296). There's only a slim chance that
all of these will be perfect; more likely, some will be
stuck on (creating a "bright" defect) or off (resulting in a
"dark" defect). DPT was written to help me check my own
screens by cycling through the three primary colours used (red,green,blue)
and all on (white) and all off (black). Simply select a
colour then closely inspect your monitor in each of the
primary colours checking for pixels that are not operating
as expected. Stuck pixels (always on) are easier to noticed
then pixels that are not on due to their size (normally
under .5mm)."
"DeKnop (dutch for "The
Button") is a graphics editor that is designed to let you
create buttons for your web site
without requiring any graphic design experience. It provides
an easy to use step-by-step
interface that lets you select the text, font style, color, 3D bevel, size,
gradients and many other aspects. You can preview any
changes that you make as it takes
place, so it is easy to experiment a little until you decide
on a design you like. It offers
support for automatic up/down effects for use in mouse over
java scripts as well as
gradients and more."
"This
program sits in the system tray until someone alerts you, at
which point it beeps the speaker or plays a WAV file. It's
a simple enough demonstration of internet packet data, sending UDP packets, listening,
and basic GUI interaction."
--Harmless Lion.com
NOTE: You need to know your
friend's IP address to ring them, and you both need to be
running DoorBell. Also, the 'secret
knock' is not exceptionally secure, don't use any really secret words there.
"A group of technologies
designed to make Windows-based computers an ideal platform for running and displaying
applications rich in multimedia elements such as full-color graphics, video, 3D
animation, and rich audio. DirectX 9.0 includes security and performance updates, along
with many new features across all technologies, which can be accessed by applications
using the DirectX 9.0 APIs.
The DirectX 9.0 runtime cannot be uninstalled. We recommend
Windows Millennium and XP users create a 'System
Restore' point before installing."
"If you spend more than few
hours everyday working on your computer, chances are you
have bad back and neck pain. ExerciseMinder helps you by
reminding you to stretch and by suggesting some easy
exercises with images showing you exactly how to do it."
"Makes it easy to
generate an RSS feed for your site. You can type the
information in the provided form fields,
and the program will generate the RSS file for you. It also offers XML preview and a
built-in browser preview, and allows you to manage multiple channels. FeedSpring
currently only supports RSS v 2.0 feeds." --Snapfiles.com
"Allows you to view and
save Flash movies (.swf), flash videos and flash games
extracted from your Internet Explorer cache. Just open the
program and it will automatically list all Flash
files that were found in the IE browser cache, click on one to play it, copy the URL or
save it as a new file."
"A standalone player for
Macromedia Flash (SWF) files. It can be used to view SWF
files without the need to launch
your browser. In addition to the standard playback controls,
it offers full-screen playback,
integrated playlist (with IE cache integration), and hotkey support for mouseless
operation. The program can also extract Flash movies from
EXE projector files and save them
in .SWF format.
Requires Macromedia Flash plug-in to be installed."
"A searchable glossary
of medical terms from almost all specialties and fields of
medicine, including: general
medical terminology, pharmaceutical drugs, healthcare
equipment, health conditions, medical devices, medical
abbreviations, and more. Some features include: built in
spell checking, free updates, easy installation and easy
uninstallation. Also, the Free Medical Dictionary does not
cause any pop-ups
or contain any spyware. The Free
Medical Dictionary is perfect for doctors, researchers,
medical students, medical transcriptionists, nursing
students and anyone else with medical questions or a need
for precise medical information."
Make your mouse do exactly what you want, simply by
pre-recording mouse movements, and let this nifty program do
the
work for you later
on, in real time.
"A very simple and clean interface
on this full-featured world clock and calendar. Look at up to
16 different time zones to keep track of hours around the
globe. H9K Timer will also synch with an online time server
so you'll always have the most precise time this side of
owning an atomic clock. Additional features let you turn H9K
Timer into your default screen saver, skin the interface
with a bitmap image, select fonts, and customize your alarm
with a .wav file." --h9k.com
"A utility for computing
information about IP addresses. Given an IP class A, B
or C
address, several pieces of information can be displayed about that address
by selecting one of four tabs." --Snapfiles.com
"An easy-to-use scheduling
tool, that enables you to start a specific program, file or
command-line whenever the
computer starts for the first time of the day, or the first
time a particular user logs
on each day. You can have the program launch your browser with the daily news
every morning, automatically open your email program, or perform any other tasks
that you want to run on a daily (time independent) basis." --Snapfiles.com
"A set of tools and
functions to make your e-mail experience with Lycos Mail
even better.
You can register for a free
Lycos Mail account from the setup and start using it
directly.
Lycos Inside’s three main
features are mailbox synchronization with Outlook and
Outlook
Express, an online drive up
to 10GB where you can store music and video files, and a
notification tool. Lycos
Inside integrates with Outlook and Windows Explorer and
alerts
you from the system tray icon
when you receive new e-mails. With Lycos Inside you’re
always connected to your
mailbox and saved the time to go to the Web mail looking for
new messages."
"A small currency
converter utility, that can convert between most world
currencies. It downloads the
latest conversion rates as needed, and can then be used
offline, using the downloaded data.
You can set a custom domestic currency, and also save
frequently used currency pairs.
PicoCurrency extracts the latest currency exchange rate from
Yahoo! Finance. No
installation, only 9kb." --Snapfiles.com
"An advanced
search tool and auction sniper for eBay, that makes it easy
to track and find bargains that you
are interested in. You can create detailed search queries,
using keywords, exclusions, and
other filters, even with support fro regular expressions.
The searches can be saved and
organized into custom categories, so that you can easily
refer to them later, using the latest eBay
results. Additional features include customizable results
layout, automatic searches with
email notification, built-in auction sniping and more. Note:
The Lite version is limited to 30
searches a day, and 15 snipes a month, which should be
plenty for most users.
If you need more
searches, you can upgrade to the Pro version. " --Snapfiles.com
"An easy-to-use, yet powerful link validation tool to
help you maintain the accuracy of
links on your web site by locating broken links and links
containing syntax errors. It
supports HTTP, FTP and proxy connections, can scan websites,
import URLs and save projects for repeated verification. This is the free version
of a more powerful tool - Web
Link Validator. The free version is well suited for personal
home pages and can handle
up to 1000 links per run. "
--Snapfiles.com
"A very simple tool that
helps you get rid of annoying IP based Messenger popup ads
(the ones that use the Windows NT/2000/XP Messenger
service). These popups are unlike regular popups, since they
abuse the Messenger Service, which is intended to send text
messages across a network, using the computer`s IP address.
They can appear as dialog box on your desktop if you have
the Messenger Service enabled and are not using a firewall.
Shoot The Messenger will display the current status of the
Messenger Service and allows you to turn it off/on with a
simple click, without having to go into the Windows
configurations panel. The program does not need to be
running after the service has been turned on or off. It can
also be used from the commandline." --Snapfiles.com
"A very simple tool that
helps you get rid of annoying IP based Messenger popup ads
(the ones that use the Windows NT/2000/XP Messenger
service). These popups are unlike regular popups, since they
abuse the Messenger Service, which is intended to send text
messages across a network, using the computer`s IP address.
They can appear as dialog box on your desktop if you have
the Messenger Service enabled and are not using a firewall.
Shoot The Messenger will display the current status of the
Messenger Service and allows you to turn it off/on with a
simple click, without having to go into the Windows
configurations panel. The program does not need to be
running after the service has been turned on or off. It can
also be used from the commandline." --Snapfiles.com
"enables you to preview SWF files as
thumbnails in Windows Explorer. It automatically creates a cache from directories
(optional subdirectories) for faster thumbnail display, and allows you to select the frame to be used
as preview image, as well as the size of the thumbnail. In addition, the program adds
a new tab to the file properties dialog that displays detailed information about the Flash file
selected, including Flash version, number of frames, compression and more."
"Every hard disk is too small
if you just wait long enough. TreeSize tells you where your precious space has gone to. TreeSize can be started from the
context menu of a folder or drive and shows you the size of
this folder, including its subfolders." --Jam-Software.com
"a simple, standalone media
interface that allows you to easily access hundreds of
Internet TV channels. The
program does not include any playback capabilities of its own, but integrates Windows
Media Player and RealPlayer into a navigation interface that provides one-click
access to a selection of stations. The channels are
organized by genre, language and
country, and include news, sports, shopping and more. TV does not require any
installation (of the program itself)."
"A program that lets you lock
some features of your system so that nobody can use them while you are away. The
program lets you specify a password and then choose from a variety of options -
what features to lock, for example, the find tool, backing
up, desktop, etc. All the options
are listed within one window and they are self-explaining,
so there is no need to wade your way through dozens of
sub-folders and weird registry key values.
The limited version of the program is free - you're asked as
you first install the program what version you would like
to activate: the free one or the shareware one. Download
the program today and lock
your Windows from prying eyes."
This program is a dictionary
and thesaurus in one, and is useful if you want quick and
easy definitions or alternative words to a word. It is also useful for those who don't
want to spend time on websites
like dictionary.com or thesaurus.com.
"Allows you to download all files
that are linked from a specified URL. It will analyze the
input URL and then display a list of all downloadable files
(images, html, programs, mp3
etc) allowing you to select all
or individual files. The files are downloaded to a folder of
your choice and the program can also be configured to
automatically launch your anti-virus
scanner. In addition,
you can specify an extension filter, to limit downloads to
specified file types."--Snapfiles.com
"Checks Web sites for broken links.
Link verification is done on "normal" links, images, frames,
plug-ins, backgrounds, local image maps, style sheets,
scripts and java applets. It displays a continously updated
list of URLs which you can sort by different criteria. A
report can be produced at any time."
A "screen zoom and annotation
tool for technical presentations that include application
demonstrations. ZoomIt runs unobtrusively in the tray and
activates with customizable hotkeys to zoom in on an area of
the screen, move around while zoomed, and draw on the zoomed
image. I wrote ZoomIt to fit my specific needs and use it in
all my presentations."
